House of Happy
“I love the way rich people live. I love the way I live when I’m around them.” —Max Dettweiler, from The Sound of Music
“…And not a wholesome trottin’ race, neither, but the kind where they sit down right on the horse!!!” —Harold Hill, from The Music Man.
“Badly done, Emma!” -Mr. Knightly, from the BBC 2009 version of Emma.
“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles…
…they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle.” —Dr. Suess
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” —Dr. Suess
“How did it get so late so soon?” —Dr. Suess So true, so true!!!
“…Well, time doesn’t move in the twitterverse the same way it moves in the normal universe.” Stephen Watkins, via The Undiscovered Author
“Who is number one?!” -Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner
“When basement move to attic, whole house fall apart.” -Me
I love the second quote here. Preparing for the future is crucial, but “creating a pleasant past” as you quoted, is just as important. I want to be able to remember more of the pleasantries of my past than the things I could’ve done differently. Well said J.P.
~E.S.
Posted by E. Stela | July 8, 2010, 11:01I’d also want to have those kinds of memories. I already do; hopefully I’ll be building some more before I get old! Thanks for the visit & comment; welcome!
Posted by jpcabit | July 8, 2010, 18:12Basically just posting because I saw a quote by Uncle Max AND Prof. Harold Hill. I’m musically reactive, that way. (:
Posted by deshipley | January 2, 2012, 20:57Ha ha…Both awesome quotes!!!
So are you an old musicals fan?
Posted by J. P. Cabit | January 2, 2012, 23:33